confectionery
/kənˈfɛkʃ(ə)n(ə)ri
/noun (plural confectioneries) [mass noun]
1Sweets and chocolates considered collectively: items of confectionery [as modifier]: a confectionery company offering hand-made chocolates...
- These are eaten locally, either as dessert nuts or in chocolate and confectionery.
- For instance, the makers of chocolate confectionery compete heavily in advertising but their prices remain remarkably similar.
- The UK, meanwhile, is the second highest consumer of chocolate confectionery in Europe, beaten only by Switzerland.
Synonyms
sweets, bonbons;
North American candy, sugar candy
informal sweeties
archaic sweetmeats
1.1 [count noun] A shop that sells sweets and chocolates: chocolate and fudge are made daily at the village confectionery...
- Casino guests can also experience about two dozen restaurants, pubs, confectioneries and other shops in the Greektown neighborhood and nearby Harmonie Park.
- There're three confectioneries / coffee shops in Fordsburg that will get your mouth watering the moment you walk in.
- Take a trip to the western edge of the city, to Fordsburg, and try the eastern delights offered by several confectioneries.
Rhymes
- genealogical tree
- genealogist
- genealogize
- genealogy
- gene-altered
- gene amplification
- gene bank
- gene chip
- genecology
- gene complex
- gene conversion
- gene doping
- gene frequency
- gene gun
- gene library
- gene map
- gene pool
- genera
- generability
- generable
- general
- general adaptation syndrome
- general-adjutant
- general admission
- General American